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By Walter Broeckx

Today is my last complete day in Cataluña. And I must say that I feel rather glad about it. I will be returning to a colder place, with less sunshine but with a media and press that is a bit more factual than the rubbish I had to see in the last week.

Today the headlines were about Cesc having a face to face with Wenger. Yesterday they told it was on Thursday, today they tell it is today and tomorrow …well they will invent something new I think.

One toilet paper, I can’t remember it’s name anymore, even had a nice flight plan on the front page indicating that Cesc was flying to London, in a very straight line and then had another line from London to Barcelona. I don’t have to draw that out to understand the picture I think. Cesc going to London to tell Wenger to let him go and then fly to Barcelona. Followed by a few pages full of all the claims Barceloanus has made during the summer on this subject.

And also a small article about Cesc being in the picture of the advertising of the new home shirt. They couldn’t understand this as Cesc was leaving, why would Arsenal put him in the advertising boards? Er, maybe because Cesc isn’t leaving my dear dumb Spanish newspaper making friends? If you are Spanish and feel offended by this I want to make my apologies as I don’t want to insult the Spanish people but yes I do want to insult the brainless chickens that make something they call sporting newspapers.

The other newspapers are following the same path and the same headlines al be it in other words. I could have missed it but not one of the sporting lying papers did raise the question: “Well we all want Cesc to come to Barcelona, but can they pay for him?” No the debt from Barceloanus is not important for them. A bit like the lonely battle Tony has been doing about the financial problems in the EPL and the official press never took notice until the bomb exploded right under their nose. So maybe there are a few people in Barcelona that understand that Barceloanus can hardly make an offer as they have almost no money left but it sure looks like they are not as easy to find as a needle in a haystack. In Catalan : una agulla en un paller.

Leaving a place where you have spend a (little) bit of your time is always a time to take a look over the shoulder. And I must say that back at home I didn’t realize what it really was in Spain to have to cope with the sporting press they have. I feel sorry for the people who have to face a press like that day in and day out. I think it is reasonable to imagine that after a while you live in another universe and you believe it all.

But when you imagine that it are those same papers who are running their stories like they do now and did last week, who not so long ago were proclaiming as a fact that: Cesc would sign for Barceloanus  before the week was over (somewhere in May), Cesc would sign for Barceloanus before the start of the world cup (begin June), and the list continues. I wonder how on earth can any Spanish or Catalan citizen of this warm and sunny country believe one word these pathetic liars are selling them on paper? But it seems that they are buying the stories and maybe they don’t believe them all but they sure hope they become truth.

So this will be my last report as a special correspondent for the Untold Arsenal from Cataluña. I loved the weather, I loved the sun (the thing that is standing in the sky during the day, not the paper), I loved the people who are mostly very friendly even for persons who are wearing Arsenal caps, but the one thing I will love to not set my eyes on for the first period is the sporting tabloids that are printed in this country. They have the same class as Barceloanus FC this summer: none.

As I leave this place to go home, the Arsenal will kick off at the same moment against AC Milan. So I will not be able to see the game live and this is really a sad thing as I was looking forward to this game a lot. But that’s life.

Give my fellow gooners from the Benelux, who are coming to the game tomorrow a nice and warm welcome, and support our Gunners from the first moment and let us show them that even without our two best players, Cesc and RVP, we are the best team the world has ever seen.

See you in a few days, ens veiem en uns dies. This is the same but in Catalan so that Cesc can feel a bit at home in the Emirates, if his DNA is bothering him.

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The entire publishing team within the empire of Micrododo Publishing Ziggurat of Rutland who publish Untold would like to thank our special correspondent for his valiant efforts during the past week the face of overwhelming and insane provocation from the local media.  We are all deeply grateful.

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